Earning it is something Casher has had to do his entire Crimson Tide career.

Undersized and undervalued, even as a four-star 2014 recruit out of St. Paul’s in Mobile, the 6-foot-1, 291-pound redshirt senior guard has appeared in just 12 games in his four years, all in a reserve capacity.

The most snaps he’s had in a game was 32 in a 51-3 blowout of Mississippi State in 2016.

But through the first-third of Alabama’s spring practice schedule, the grizzled veteran has worked almost exclusively with the first-team offensive line at left guard, an opening made available with the move of last year’s starter at the position, fellow senior Ross Pierschbacher, sliding inside to center.

"I've been very thankful for the opportunity, to be honest with you,” Casher said Thursday. “It's a process being here at Alabama, and nothing's going to be given to you. When you're here, you're going to have to work your butt off, you know, pay attention to detail, and really be focused on what's to come next. I think there's a lot of guys that are able to play and who are really focused and are willing to put in the work it takes to be great."

While players have reported movement along the offensive line, much of it tended to happen outside the brief open media viewing period. It had the same five players regularly making up the first-team grouping: Jonah Williams at left tackle, Casher at left guard, Pierschbacher at center, Lester Cotton at right guard, and Jedrick Wills Jr. at right tackle.

But on Thursday, after he came up for the first media availability of his Tide career, Casher was back with the second-team line at left guard following a bit of shuffling in the last practice before the team’s first spring scrimmage Saturday.

In his place was Cotton, who moved over from right to left while Wills had slid in to right guard and former five-star tackle Alex Leatherwood had moved to right tackle after spending much of his time behind Williams on the left side.

“Well we’re mixing and matching a lot of different guys on the offensive line, but Josh is certainly in the mix, you know, at one of the guard positions,” Alabama head coach Nick Saban said Tuesday. “He’s very smart, he’s a great leader, he does everything the right way. He’s got good explosion and good power.”

As one of just two Alabama offensive linemen weighing less than 300 pounds — along with 290-pound redshirt freshman center Hunter Brannon — Casher’s size has seemingly always been an issue.

“One thing he works hard to overcome is his size and I think he’s proving to us every day that that’s not at issue for him to be able to play,” Saban added. “But I will say that there’s probably seven or eight offensive linemen that are all in competition for positions and he’s one of those guys.”

While a starting position may continue to evade him, Casher’s affable personality has always made him a favorite among his Crimson Tide teammates.

“Oh, he’s just out of the world, man,” sophomore defensive lineman Quinnen Williams said. “It’s just like, he comes with a smile, he comes with a big voice every day. So when he says stuff, everybody just listens because, as you can see, he has a big voice.”

Casher, who graduated last December with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science with a focus on pre-physical therapy, also has a unique positivity that serves to inspire those around him.

“It just gives everybody confidence,” Williams said. “Like you see Cash working hard every day and you see everybody else working hard every day, (and) just him being himself, everybody wants to really work hard and be positive.”

Of course, Casher’s ability to impact others isn’t just relegated to his teammates.

The outspoken upperclassmen also helped organize a program-wide visit to the Alberta Head Start preschool in Tuscaloosa, where athletic director Greg Byrne and athletes from several Crimson Tide sports interacted with children, even putting together in an Easter egg hunt last week. Casher is also Alabama’s player representative on the SEC’s Football Leadership Council this year.

“Initially, it started out with me getting community service hours for one of my classes that I took, and I just fell in love with it,” Casher said. “I continued to go back and back and I couldn’t shake (the children). They just had me.

“Just like when you come in, when they see a football player or a student athlete face they are just so happy just for us to take pride and really let them know that we care. So I have enjoyed every moment of it.”

On or off the field, Casher continues to take pride in and embrace every opportunity he’s afforded, working hard every day to be his best.

Because, as he regularly writes in his notebook: “Every day matters.”

“I want to be able to impact every last one of my teammates in the best way that I possibly can, so whatever that may be,” Casher said. “All of us, we're in this together and we're trying to achieve one goal. All of us want to be the best players that we can be and have a great team this year.”